Moçambique: Renamo não reconhece Pres. Nyusi

Au vu des résultats très partiels des élections présidentielle et législatives du 15 octobre, la Renamo a annoncé jeudi qu'elle ne reconnaîtrait pas la victoire du candidat du Frelimo, parti au pouvoir depuis 39 ans. Une décision du principal parti d'opposition qui plonge le pays une nouvelle fois dans l'incertitude.

De nouvelles violences en perspective au pays de Samora Machel, déjà martyrisé par 16 ans de guerre civile (1976-2002) ? Le parti de la Résistance nationale mozambicaine (Renamo, opposition) a annoncé jeudi 16 octobre qu'il rejetait les résultats, encore partiels, des élections présidentielle et législatives de mercredi. Ces derniers donnent Filipe Nyusi, le candidat du Front de libération du Mozambique (Frelimo), en tête avec 63,02% des voix. Un score très loin des 75% engrangés par son prédécesseur Armando Guebuza à la présidentielle de 2009, mais qui permet au parti au pouvoir depuis 39 ans d'éviter un second tour dangereux tant les meetings de l'opposition ont montré un fort soutien populaire pendant la campagne.
L'ex-guérillero Afonso Dhlakama, crédité de 29,42%, arriverait second, devant Daviz Simango (7,56%), maire de Beira et candidat du Mouvement démocratique du Mozambqiue. "Nous n'acceptons pas le résultat de ces élections (...) Nous pouvons dire catégoriquement que nous avons gagné ces élections", a déclaré le porte-parole de la Renamo Antonio Muchanga. "Ce n'est pas une question de victoire ou de défaite, mais de transparence", a-t-il assuré, sans plus d'explication.
Plateforme de surveillance internet
Seule certitude : la Renamo accuse le Frelimo d'avoir à nouveau fraudé aux élections. Mais selon les observateurs internationaux, le scrutin s'est déroulé dans le calme, sans incidents majeurs. "Nous avons noté quelques irrégularités, mais je dirais que dans l'ensemble, jusqu'au moment de la clôture, cela s'est bien passé", a déclaré jeudi la responsable des observateurs de l'Union européenne, Judith Sargentini.
Mais les missions d'observateurs internationaux ont toujours été accusées par l'opposition de complaisance vis-à-vis des autorités, les organisations des droits de l'homme soulignant les nombreuses fraudes organisées par le pouvoir à chaque scrutin. Cette année, des blogueurs et des membres de la société civile ont d'ailleurs décidé de s'impliquer davantage dans les élections en mettant en place "Txeka", une plateforme internet de surveillance du scrutin sur le modèle kényan d'Ushahidi. Mais les soupçons de fraude portent aussi sur la centralisation électronique du décompte des suffrages…
Incidents épars
Au final, seuls quelques incidents ont été signalés dans la soirée de mercredi. À Nampula (nord), des policiers anti-émeute ont dispersé une foule qui s'était rassemblée près d'un bureau de vote pour vérifier le dépouillement, a affirmé le représentant dans la région du MDM, Elias Nquiri (opposition). Par ailleurs, "un jeune homme a reçu une balle dans le pied alors qu'il tentait d'empêcher un responsable du Frelimo de bourrer les urnes", dans la province centrale de Sofala, a indiqué le porte-parole du MDM Sandes Carmona. Un porte-parole de la commission électorale nationale, Paulo Cuinica, a quant à lui déclaré : "il y a eu quelques incidents ici et là, mais d'une manière générale la situation est sous contrôle".
Le scrutin avait pourtant pu être organisé grâce à un accord de paix signé in extremis en septembre entre l'État et la Renamo, dont le chef Afonso Dhlakama avait pris le maquis fin 2012, orchestrant une guérilla larvée qui a fait des dizaines de morts pendant deux ans. Ancienne guérilla toujours en possession de ses armes, la Renamo a les moyens de déstabiliser le pays, qui commence à exploiter ses immenses richesses gazières récemment découvertes.
De fait, la situation au Mozambique est scrutée par les investisseurs internationaux. Les réserves gazières du pays pourraient propulser le Mozambique au quatrième rang mondial de la production gazière si elles sont commercialement viables.
(Avec AFP)


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Filipe Nyusi é eleito Presidente de Moçambique

O Observatório Eleitoral (OE) divulgou esta tarde, 16 de Outubro, as suas projecções, baseadas em amostras estatisticamente precisas. Até ao momento, foram contabilizados os resultados de 67 por cento das assembleias de voto, com uma margem de erro de 3%.
O candidato da Frelimo Filipe Nyusi (foto) , 60,5 por cento, lidera a contagem para a Presidência da República, seguido de Afonso Dhlakama, da Renamo, com 32 por cento e Daviz Simango, do MDM, com  7,5 por cento.

Quanto à Assembleia da República, Frelimo também lidera a corrida com 58 por cento, Renamo tem 29,5 por cento e MDM 10,4 por cento. Os demais partidos têm juntos 2 por cento.

Além disso, o observatório relatou uma série de irregularidades. Segundo os dados, 88,5 por cento das mesas de voto observadas abriram na hora prevista. Em 3 por cento das assembleias de voto faltavam, no início da votação, alguns materiais, tais como cadernos eleitorais, urnas e boletins de voto, e, até às 11h00, cerca de 1,5 por cento das assembleias de voto ainda não estavam abertas.

Os observadores daquele organismo informaram que em 15 por cento das mesas de voto a votação foi interrompida pelo menos uma vez e que em 76 por cento dos casos essa paralisação deveu-se a distúrbios dentro ou perto da assembleias de voto.
Pelas mesmas razões, 10 por cento dos apuramentos nas assembleias de voto foram interrompidos. Finalmente, eles relataram que em 7 por cento das assembleias de voto os delegados dos partidos não receberam a cópia oficial do edital, conforme dispõe a lei.

Enquanto isso, o STAE tem vindo a divulgar resultados provisórios, com base nos dados enviados pelas províncias. Com 25 por cento das assembleias de voto contabilizadas até ao momento, os resultados para as presidenciais são: Filipe Nyusi(63%), Afonso Dhlakama (29,4%) e Daviz Simango(7,6%).
Renamo declara vitória
Entretanto, na manhã desta quinta-feira, 16, o porta-voz do presidente da Renamo Afonso Dhlakama disse que o seu partido ganhou as eleições gerais em Moçambique.
António Muchanga reivindicou a vitória em todos os círculos eleitorais do centro e norte país, à excepção de Cabo Delgado, província natal de Nyusi, e "uma votação muito expressiva na região sul".
A afirmação de Muchanga, em conferência de imprensa, baseia-se, segundo disse, na contagem realizada pelo partido a partir dos editais afixados nas assembleias de voto onde a apuração terminou.
Apesar de reclamar a vitória, António Muchanga afirmou que o que está em causa "não é uma questão de vencer, é sim uma questão de justeza e transparência dos actos eleitorais, regras intrínsecas a uma verdadeira democracia".
Os resultados oficiais devem ser anunciados amanhã.  Voz da América

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Estes resultados significam que a Frelimo perde cerca de 16,5 por cento dos votos em relação há cinco anos, a Renamo sobe perto de 11,5 e o MDM sobe cerca de sete.

Bissau: Tão depressa a TAP não voa para lá

A TAP considera que não estão "reunidas todas as condições operacionais" e adiou a retoma dos voos para a Guiné-Bissau, prevista para 28 de outubro. Os voos estavam suspensos desde dezembro.

A transportadora portuguesa comunicou hoje a decisão e solicita aos passageiros com voos reservados para o próximo mês e meio que entrem em contacto com a companhia, já que a retoma da operação "se encontra adiada por um período não inferior a 45 dias".

A TAP suspendeu os seus voos para Bissau em dezembro do ano passado na sequência do embarque forçado pelas autoridades guineenses de 74 cidadãos sírios com documentação falsa que viriam a ser descobertos em Lisboa, onde acabaram por pedir asilo político.
O ministro da Administração Interna da Guiné-Bissau, Botche Candé, tinha garantido no domingo que o governo dá "total segurança" à TAP para retomar os voos regulares para Bissau.

---   Aqui se manifestara há três dias espanto por a TAP estar disposta a deslocar-se agora até Bissau, numa região tão afectada pelo ébola. Afinal, prevaleceu o bom senso e a companhia reconsiderou a decisão que tomara. É sempre bom alguém alertar para os riscos de certos empreendimentos.

Trovoada eleitoral em São Tomé e Príncipe

Espantado, foi como reagiu o Presidente do MLSTP aos resultados das eleições de 12 de Outubro. Um espanto que começou na contagem dos votos na noite de domingo 12 de Outubro, que entra para a história eleitoral são-tomense.
O povo definiu uma nova estrutura parlamentar, que deixa de fora o MDFM do antigo Presidente Fradique de Menezes, que enfraquece o PCD que tinha 7 mandatos na última legislatura, e que reduz o MLSTP para uma margem de representatividade parlamentar nunca antes vista, de 21 assentos caiu para apenas 16, após o pronunciamento popular de 12 de Outubro. A ADI, é a menina preferida do povo, que decidiu leva-la para o altar do poder, saltando de 26 mandatos conseguidos em 2010, para 33 nas eleições de 12 de outubro.
O Presidente da comissão eleitoral nacional, Victor Correia, anunciou na tarde de segunda – feira, a vitória histórica da ADI, o descalabro do PCD e do MLSTP, assim como a aparição pela primeira vez da UDD na casa parlamentar, com apenas 1 assento. «Nas eleições legislativas o ADI foi o grande vencedor das eleições, conseguiu 33 dos 55 mandatos para a nossa Assembleia Nacional. Em segundo lugar o MLSTP que conquistou 16 mandatos, o PCD vem em terceiro lugar com 5 mandatos e a UDD pela primeira vez vai estar presente na nossa Assembleia Nacional com 1 mandato», declarou Victor Correia.
O TSUNAMI eleitoral provocado pelo povo nas urnas, atingiu também o poder local. Varreu o MLSTP das câmaras de Lembá, Cantagalo, e Lobata(há um empate entre o MLSTP e a ADI em mandatos 4 cada, e o PCD com 1 mandato),  e fortaleceu as posições da ADI nas autarquias de Água Grande e Mé-zochi. Só a autarquia de Caué no sul do país, resistiu ao vendaval eleitoral continuando nas mãos do MLSTP.
No entanto o TSUNAMI eleitoral com as cores da ADI, não afectou a ilha irmã do Príncipe. Nas eleições regionais, a UMPP de José Cassandra conseguiu eleger 5 deputados a Assembleia Regional, e o MLSTP arrebatou outros dois mandatos. ADI que concorreu sozinho para a reagionais não conseguiu ter voz no parlamento da região autónoma do Príncipe.   (Televisão são-tomense)

Moçambique tem eleições quarta-feira

Moçambique vai esta quarta-feira às quintas
eleições presidenciais e legislativas e
segundas das assembleias provinciais em ambiente
tido quase pela unanimidade da crítica
como dos mais transparentes de sempre.
O escrutínio seguir-se-á a uma das mais cívicas
e menos violentas campanhas igualmente
jamais realizadas em Moçambique, salvo as
Vamos todos votar
esta quarta-feira!
“nódoas” mais gritantes registadas em Gaza,
no Sul, e em Nampula (Norte).
Com o actual ambiente eleitoral, fundamentalmente
alicerçado pelos acordos homologados no
passado dia 5 de Setembro pelo Governo e pela
Renamo, espera-se uma afluência também mais
substancial do que em anteriores pleitos (talvez
salvo o primeiro, em 1994).
Acredita-se que com esse pacto ficaram
reduzidas as possibilidades de irregularidades/
fraudes geralmente assacadas ao partido que
governa Moçambique desde a independência do
país, a Frelimo, situação que poderá atrair às assembleias
de votação maior número de eleitores,
comparado, por exemplo, com os pouco mais de
30% dos que se fizeram às mesas de votação no
pleito de 2009.   Correio da Manhã, Maputo

A Escócia vai ter uma primeira-ministra

Nicola Sturgeon will succeed Alex Salmond as leader of the SNP, after becoming the only person to put her name forward for the job.

Ms Sturgeon, also set to become Scotland's first female first minister, pledged to ensure more powers were delivered to the Edinburgh parliament.

She also announced plans to hold a series of rallies across Scotland.

Ms Sturgeon, currently deputy SNP leader, will take up her new job at the party's November conference.

The move came after Mr Salmond's decision to stand down as SNP leader and first minister after the vote against independence in September's referendum.

Ms Sturgeon told the BBC she would have "relished" a leadership contest, but said she was "honoured" to have been chosen by the party as its leader.

Asked what she would do if the Westminster parties failed to deliver more powers for Scotland, Ms Sturgeon responded: "If Westminster renege on those promises, then it is not a case of what I will do to them - it is a case of what the Scottish people will do.

Ms Sturgeon confirmed her intention to succeed Mr Salmond at an event last month

"The Scottish people would ensure [Westminster parties] would pay a heavy, heavy electoral price."

Meanwhile, Ms Sturgeon said her tour of Scotland would begin on 29 October in Edinburgh and end on 7 December in Aberdeen.

The series of rallies - which includes a stop-off in November at Glasgow's 12,000-capacity SSE Hydro - are aimed at the 50,000 new members the SNP has signed up since last month's referendum.

"Our new members bring a new energy and dynamism - and not just to the SNP," Ms Sturgeon said," adding: "They are also a potent force who can help Scotland progress as a country.

"I am looking forward to meeting as many of our new recruits as possible and sharing with them my vision for the future."

Analysis: Andrew Black, BBC Scotland political reporter
It may have been more of a coronation than a competition but, after years of speculation, we can now say that Nicola Sturgeon will be the next leader of the Scottish National Party and, by association, Scotland's next first minister.

The "No" vote in September's independence referendum was a bitter blow for the SNP, but Ms Sturgeon is now trying to show her party's ready to move on from defeat.

How will she do that? First up, with a pledge to hold David Cameron to his word and deliver substantial new powers to the devolved Scottish Parliament.

Ms Sturgeon's also looking to capitalise on the massive surge in SNP membership - up from 25,000 on 18 September to more than 80,000 (and rising) - by going on a Scottish tour to show she's the leader, not just of her party, but of the whole nation.

One of her key headline dates during this post-Salmond era will be an appearance at Glasgow's 12,000 capacity SSE Hydro in November, as the party seeks to show people that, despite the outcome of the referendum, the SNP isn't going anywhere.

Apart from that, Ms Sturgeon - once she is voted in as first minister by parliament - still has Scotland's devolved government to run and, beyond that, will be taking the SNP into the 2016 Scottish election, in which the party will seek an unprecedented third term in office.

Before that, her first electoral test comes with the UK election next May - a contest in which the SNP will be seeking to send MPs to a parliament which it says has failed to serve the people of Scotland, yet plays a vital role in delivering more powers to Holyrood.

And yes, there will be questions about whether there should have been an SNP leadership contest, rather than Ms Sturgeon standing as the sole candidate. In reality, there wasn't really any other name in the frame to succeed Alex Salmond.

Ms Sturgeon will also need to deal with the tricky issue thrown up by her opponents - the timescale for a possible future independence referendum, previously described by her government as a "once in a generation" event.

She's not ruling it out, but right now Ms Sturgeon says her main focus is on strengthening the powers of the Scottish Parliament and holding her old adversaries - the Conservatives - to account.

During Scottish Questions at Westminster today, Tory Minister David Mundell congratulated Ms Sturgeon, the first woman to lead the SNP, on following in the footsteps of Margaret Thatcher.

SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson pointed out the key difference there was that the SNP is Scotland's most popular political party, while the Conservatives, with their one MP, are far less so.

And that's the way Ms Sturgeon wants to keep it.   BBC

Uma noite em Lisboa, de Remarque

During World War II Portugal was for many the last stronghold of peace and freedom in Europe, moreover one situated at the Atlantic Ocean. It’s no wonder that the country, although under the terror regime of António de Oliveira Salazar at the time, attracted countless refugees from the war-torn and Nazi-infested continent. The harbours must have been crammed with all the desperate trying to escape to America or any other place abroad presumed safe though known to be unwilling to let them in. In The Night in Lisbon Erich Maria Remarque (who fled to the USA too) lets one of those driven by fate seeking salvation in Lisbon tell his story to a fellow-sufferer.

Erich Maria Remarque was born as Erich Paul Remark in Osnabrück, Germany, in June 1899. He studied to become a teacher when World War I broke out in 1914 and he was drafted into the army. After the war, in 1920, his first novel titled The Dream Room (Die Traumbude) was published. His most famous novel up to this day is All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) which was first released as a book in 1929 and earned him a nomination for the Nobel Prize in Peace 1931. In 1933 Remarque’s books were banned and publicly burnt in Germany. Exiled first in Switzerland and as from 1939 in the USA he continued his career. In 1945 the best-selling novel Arch of Triumph (Arc de Triomphe) came out in English first. The Night in Lisbon (Die Nacht von Lissabon) appeared in 1962 and is the writer’s last finished novel. Erich Maria Remarque died in Locarno, Switzerland, in September 1970.

As the title suggests, The Night in Lisbon is set in the Portuguese capital, but its major part is taken up by a story within the story of a refugee with false identity who doesn't trust his memory and tells the first-person narrator about his and his late wife’s flight through Europe. The time period is before and during World War II when many citizens from areas under Nazi-German control or influence did everything in their power to escape from persecution and terror. The man who asks the narrator to stay with him during the night and to listen to his story in return for – saving – two ship tickets to the USA is a critical journalist from Osnabrück who after having been denounced by his Nazi brother-in-law Georg and detained in a concentration camp for a while fled to France in 1934. For five years he lived as an illegal alien, but then he inherited valid papers from another refugee known under the name Josef Schwartz. This gave him the (risky) opportunity to return to Germany and see his wife Helen. After only one night it was time for him to leave again because it was too dangerous in Osnabrück. Without even telling her husband, Helen decided to accompany him. They went to Switzerland first and moved on to Paris when Georg managed to trace them there. The beginning of the war in September 1939 put an end to their relatively happy existence. What followed were arrest, separation, detention camps and flight. With French police and Gestapo as a constant threat and Georg on their heels their odyssey brought them to Marseille. There Helen’s secret reasons to flee from the oppression of Nazi-ruled Germany as well as from her controlling brother Georg became so obvious that the husband could no longer ignore them. There Helen’s secret reasons to flee from the oppression of Nazi-ruled Germany as well as from her controlling brother Georg became so obvious that the husband could no longer ignore them. The following events which led to the murder of Georg drove the couple from Marseille and across the Spanish border in a hurry. Eventually they safely arrived in Lisbon, but for Helen the city of hope was the final destination.

The Night in Lisbon is a dense and easy-to-read novel which gives a gripping insight into the typical fate of refugees during World War II as the famous author himself experienced it to some extent. The whole novel is elaborate with a good flow and always to the point. Even the framing plot reflects the constant restlessness of people on the run, when the two men who made it to Lisbon are ever again driven away from a pub or bar at closing time and forced to find a new place to stay at for the rest of the night. The main story of the flight is a well-balanced series of dramatic events and their psychological effects on the protagonists, in brief the trying ups and downs of a life without a place or trustworthy people to resort to. All characters are nuanced and feel very authentic.

With thousands of people erring through the world in search of a safe place to settle down or just of a future worth living, Erich Maria Remarque’s The Night in Lisbon could hardly be more up-to-date. For us who we are living in countries which haven’t seen a war on their territories for many decades and which prosper despite all lamentations about the crisis, books like this are important to see how hard and shattering it is to be forced to leave your own country and not be welcome anywhere. It’s even worse if you need to fear for your life as the refugees of World War II. All things considered The Night in Lisbon is a very instructive and valuable read calling for humanity and understanding like all works of Erich Maria Remarque. I highly recommend this one.